Irish Men’s Open Handball champion confirmed as three overseas contenders beaten

The quarter-finals are down for decision on Thursday at Croke Park.

LAST EIGHT: Peter Funchion of Kells, Kilkenny, in action during the Open Men's round of 16. Pic: Stephen Marken/Sportsfile

The Men’s Open Singles title will be staying in Ireland after the three leading overseas contenders were sensationally beaten in tiebreakers on a dramatic ‘moving day’ at the oneills.com World Handball Championships at Croke Park.

Mexican brothers Luis and Daniel Cordova, highly-ranked on the professional tour in America, fell to Cork’s Daniel Relihan and Kilkenny’s Peter Funchion respectively while the rising star Stateside, 22-year-old Chicago man Ray Ure, was beaten in a very close tussle by 2022 All-Ireland Senior Singles champion Diarmaid Nash of Clare.